Outside of a joke delivered by host Billy Crystal that likened Republican presidential candidates to psycho crack addicts, the Oscar telecast was mostly politics-free. Apparently, that was despite the best efforts of The O’Reilly Factor, which was on the red carpet trying to drum up some partisanship among celebrities.

Milla Jovovich told Watters to skip the politics and ask about her dress. He did, and she informed him who she was wearing. After Rooney Mara told him she was wearing a Givenchy gown, the editors inserted Paul Newman delivering his "failure to communicate" line from Cool Hand Luke.

Clooney was the most gracious, even embracing – seemingly, at least -- the opportunity to discuss politics on the red carpet, though he scolded Watters for referring to the president merely by his last name.

"He's the president of the United States. Not 'Obama.' He’s the president of the United States," Clooney tells Watters.

In the recap, O’Reilly sides with Clooney, even after Watters points out an incident where Clooney refers to Obama’s predecessor merely as "Bush."